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Jack Borreson, A.Sc.T., CCEP, President, Senior Technologist

Jack is a graduate of a technology program in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, with over 20 years of professional experience in the environmental consulting industry. He recently acquired the designation as Canadian Certified Environmental Practitioner (CCEP) by the Canadian Environmental Certification Approvals Board. His experience includes regional office management and supervision of southeast Saskatchewan environmental services for an environmental consulting company. He has been involved in the upstream oil and gas industry offering such services as drilling waste management, laboratory analysis, oil & saltwater spill containment and remediation, along with flare pit decommissioning. He has also completed various Phase I, II and III environmental assessments, and underground storage tank removals and site remediation in the downstream and commercial industries. Prior to entering the environmental field he was involved in the agriculture industry and served as a Technical Operator for a major natural gas transmission company. He currently is the managing director of Epic Environmental Technologies Inc. in Redvers, Saskatchewan, and is a 25 year member of the Saskatchewan Applied Science Technologists and Technicians (SASTT). He is OSHA trained and carries certificates in H2S Alive, First Aid, CPR, WHMIS, TDG, Ground Disturbance, and is a Saskatchewan Certified Contractor for UST decommissioning.


Chris Borreson, A.Sc.T.,Vice President, Environmental Technologist

Chris is an Applied Science Technologist in Environmental Engineering Technology, graduating from SIAST in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. For the past 9 years he has gained experience in the environmental consulting industry, being involved with many projects in the upstream oil & gas industry. His experience includes Environmental Site Assessments, Pre-construction Plans and Monitoring Programs. He is proficient in soil and water sampling, has conducted laboratory and field analysis for industry wastes, and supervised various drilling waste disposal projects including Land-Spraying while Drilling (LWD). His experience also includes domestic water well assessments, well head gas migration testing, along with the decommissioning of UST’s and Flare Pits. He is a specialist in Electromagnetic Imaging Systems and DGPS mapping and EM surveys. He has knowledge in initial spill response and has designed site specific remediation plans for produced fluids (oil & saltwater) spills, and has designed and monitored leachate collection systems. He operates various specialized field equipment, computer programs and is an experienced surveyor and draftsman. He is certified in OSHA, H2S Alive, First Aid, CPR, WHMIS, TDG, Ground Disturbance and is a current member of SASTT. He is also currently a director with Epic Environmental Technologies Inc.


Rita Marcinowski, B.Sc., Biologist

Rita started work with Epic in 2004. She is an honors graduate from the University of Saskatchewan with a Bachelors of Science in Biology and a minor in Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Prior to coming to Epic, she worked with the Canadian Government in wildlife research and conservation. Her duties with Epic include plant and animal identification as it pertains to Environmental Pre-Construction Assessments for the upstream oil and gas industry. She is a gifted report writer and has completed several mitigation and reclamation plans for fluid spills, as well as assisted with well head gas migration tests, soil/water sampling & analysis and monitoring of projects in sensitive areas. She has supervised the abandonment of contaminated buried pits and is knowledgeable with the recent Species at Risk legislation and other conservation issues as they pertain to southeast Saskatchewan. She has training H2S Alive, First Aid/CPR, WHMIS, TGDG, and Ground Disturbance.


Margaret Hansen, P.Ag., Soil Scientist

Margaret is a graduate from the U. of S. with a B.Sc. in Agriculture with Distinction and assists Epic as a soil scientist. She has had responsibility for supervising reclamation, managing remediation programs, conducting environmental assessments, report writing and project management. Her degree in agriculture and participation in a land administration certificate program has allowed Margaret to become familiar with the land issues facing the oil & gas industry. She has considerable experience in delineation and characterization of contaminated soils, and has managed a program designed to assess the pre-disturbance conditions and mitigate the negative environmental impacts caused by a 400 well drilling program. She is also well versed in all stages of remediation and has used her expertise to devise and execute remediation plans for many contaminated sites.

Some of Margaret’s professional experience includes;

  • Preparation of wellsite reclamation plans, including sensitive areas
  • Supervision of lease, access road and pipleline reclamation
  • Delineation of spill areas and developing and executing soil sampling programs
  • Development of reclamation programs for brine and oil spills
  • Landfarm design and management
  • Pre and post drilling assessments, including wildlife and vegetation assessments
  • Oil & gas site and waste stream audits, along with waste management.
  • Development of integrated environmental, health and safety plans.

 


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